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1. CONDITIONS AND SAILING INSTRUCTIONS
1.1 These Conditions and the Championship Sailing
Instructions shall apply to all levels of the ladder
Championships. The Championship Sailing Instructions are
suggested for application at all levels. Modification of the
Championship Sailing Instructions may be made as deemed
necessary with the approval of the appropriate local
association, area, or national chairman. A Notice of Race
shall be issued by the host club for each level of the
championship. This Championship is for men only, as
helmsman, at all levels women may be members of the crew.
1.2 The Notice of Race, the Conditions, the Sailing
Instructions and entry forms for the area and final
championships will be provided to Association secretaries,
event coordinators and Championship committee members by US
SAILING.
2. PURPOSE AND SELECTION PROCESS – Area level
2.1 The purpose of this event is to select the U.S. Men’s
Sailing Championship team.
2.2 The selection process for competitors shall be by
sailing elimination ladder events progressing from the club
level through Association, Area competition, and to the
National Championship.
2.3
In addition an “Open Event” may be conducted for
a Semi Final Elimination to select an entry from an Area that
has not completed a quarter final. The number of entries and
Class of boat designation (BYOB) is at the discretion of the
Area. Only one entry may advance from this competition.
2.4 Some entries may be selected by resume, but only after
each Area has had its opportunity to send a finalist from the
ladder eliminations.
Resumes may be submitted by those who may not have won the
elimination of his/her Area. Resumes will only be accepted to
fill open slots after entries from Paragraph 2.2, 2.3, and 2.5
have been accepted.
2.5 The winner from the previous year competition will be
given an automatic entry into the succeeding year of
competition
subject to space available in an eleven boat field.
3.0. EVENT FORMATS/NUMBER OF RACES – National
Championship
3.1
Events will be based on one of the following formats, with the
National Event format determined by the Championship Chairman.
Para. 3.3A is the preferred format for
events at the National Championship level.
3.2
Should conditions make it impossible to complete an event
in accordance with a chosen format, the event results will be
determined on the number of completed races. The Protest
Committee, in accordance with Condition 8.1, will make the
determination.
3.3
A. Round Robin - Each entry sails
each boat once to complete the event.
B. Boat Drawn - The number of races sailed equals the
number of days scheduled for racing, times three, with boats
drawn for each race.
C. Bring and Sail your Own Boat - The number of races
sailed equals the number of boats entered times two, with a
maximum of ten races in the event.
3.3.4 Should conditions make it impossible to complete an
event in accordance with a chosen format, the event will be
determined on the number of completed races. The Protest
Committee, in accordance with Condition 8.1, will make the
determination.
3.4.0 HELMSMEN, CREWS, ALTERNATES, SUBSTITUTES -
4.1 The helmsman of an advancing team shall be the same
person at all events. The crew of an advancing entry may
change after each event, provided the new crew principally
resides in, competes in, and is a member of a Club, Yacht
Club, or Community Sailing Program within the same Regional
Sailing Association (RSA) as the RSA of the helmsman at the
time the helmsman first entered the Ladder Championship, and
complies with all other entry requirements. The crew must be
listed on the event Entry Form prior to the event.
4.2 One alternate may be listed on the Entry Form for each
event, and may replace a listed crew member with approval of
the Organizing Authority or Chairman of that event. The
alternate will replace the listed crew member in all remaining
races of the event. In an emergency, the Protest Committee
may grant the use of a substitute crew.
4.3 National Championship: In the event an entry from a
particular Area has not been received or a letter from the
Area Coordinator committing to an entry at the national event
has not been received by the host club’s posted dead line for
the event, the host chairman shall then notify the national
chairman. In this case, a sub-committee of the Men’s
Championship may appoint a team(s) by resume from any
geographical Area. The sub-committee will be appointed by the
Championship Chairman. Resumes shall be submitted to the Area
Representatives who shall then make the submission to the
National Chairman. Other than as set forth herein, there shall
be one entry from an area in the national event.
5. BOATS AND EQUIPMENT
5.1 Boats - When provided at a ladder event shall
not be modified except as stated in the Notice of Race and the
Sailing Instructions of that event.
5.2 Equipment - Brought aboard a boat by an entry
during an event:
A. Mandatory equipment items - one PFD/lifejacket (no “Fanny
Packs”),with whistle attached for each member of the crew
approved by the U.S. Coast Guard or the Canadian Department of
Transport, depending on event location for each member of an
entry.
B. Optional equipment items permitted - Compass, flags,
sponge, bailer, bucket, normally equipped ditty bag, personal
effects. “VHF” radios are allowed on boats for the purpose of
communication from the race committee. Electronic
equipment that could aid the performance of the boat will not
be allowed on board. Example: Compasses that compute headers
and lifts, GPS, Cell phones, other items as deemed in
appropriate by the Protest Committee.
C. No assurance is made as to the availability of any items
in paragraph B on site.
6. Regatta Report Form – The
Regatta Report Form is available
at the US SAILING Men’s Championship website:
The use
of the Regatta Report Form for association events is
mandatory.
Copies must be forwarded to
LizWalker@USSAILING.ORG , Bill Ross
wbross1@windstream.net , Anne McCormick (San
Francisco YC)
Race@sfyc.org .
7. FEES
7.1 ENTRY
A. Club Level Event - Shall be determined by each
host club.
B. Association and Area Level Events - Shall not
exceed the fee indicated for the National Event.
C. National Championship - Shall be as listed in the
Notice of Race.
7.2 FEES TO NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP - The Entry Fee for the
entrants going to the National Championship shall be paid from
the monies collected at the Area level or as determined by the
Sailing Association Notice of Race of the event to which it
will apply. Entry fees for entries by resume shall be paid by
the individual or the Area Sailing Association.
7.3 Resume submissions shall be accompanied by a $50.00,
“Submission Fee,” payable to US SAILING. Such fee is non
refundable in the event the applicant fails to be accepted to
the competition by the Selection Committee
7.4 BORROWED BOAT INSURANCE, DAMAGE DEPOSITS AND LIABILITY
INSURANCE - Fees are in addition to entry fee(s) and are the
responsibility of the entrant.
7. 5 HOST CLUB - Fees may be assessed at any event level
and are the responsibility of the entrant. The Host Club Fee
shall be listed in the Notice of Race for each level of the
championship.
8. PROTEST COMMITTEE (AUTHORITY AND SELECTION)
8.1 AUTHORITY - One or more US SAILING certified judge(s)
should be present at all races of an event. The organizing
authority may request the Protest Committee to assume certain
responsibilities with respect to each event. No person may
serve as a member of the protest committee or as the principal
race officer at an event in which any competitor in the event
is a close relative. At the national level, If an event is to
be terminated prior to completion of scheduled races the
Protest Committee, and the National Chairman shall so decide.
[For the purpose of this policy the term "close relative" is
defined as an individual related to another person or the
person's spouse within the third degree. This includes
parents, grandparents, great‑grandparents, siblings, children,
grandchildren, great-grandchildren, spouses and close
relatives of spouses including step‑ or in‑law relatives.]
8.2 SELECTION
A. Club and Association level events - The
Association shall be responsible for selecting the Protest
Committee.
B. Area level events - The Area Representatives,
after conferring with any Area coordinating group shall be
responsible for selecting the Protest Committee.
C. National event - Shall be selected by the
Championship Chairman.
9. RACE COMMITTEE - The race committee, according
to US SAILING guidelines, at all event levels shall be
appointed by the Club or Association hosting the event. The
Principal Race Officer appointment, at the national level,
shall be Certified as a Regional, National, or International
Race Officer by US SAILING or the ISAF in the case of
international certification, and with approval of the national
chairman.
10. POWERLINE HAZARDS - US SAILING Regulation 10.02
requires that US SAILING Championships at all levels be held
at sites free of power line hazards in any area.
11. SCORING - The Low Point Scoring System, Appendix
A-2 of the Racing Rules, shall apply at all levels of this
championship,, except that each boat’s total score will be
the sum of her scores for all races further modified as
follows: At any level of competition, ties which cannot be
broken under the provisions of Appendix A‑2‑2.3 shall
preferably be decided in a single sail‑off race between the
tied crews in the two or more boats which the series has
demonstrated to be the most evenly matched. The boats so
selected shall be drawn by lot. If, in the opinion of the
Protest Committee, conditions do not permit a sail‑off race,
the tie shall be decided in favor of the crew which beat the
other(s) in the last completed race of the series. Request
for redress as a result of break‑down will be handled in
accordance with special instructions found in the sailing
instructions.
12. PRIZES - US SAILING perpetual trophies and
keeper medals are awarded to winning entry at the National
Championship. At all other event levels, the number and style
of awards will be determined by the Event Chairman in
concurrence with the Area Representative. The US SAILING
Trophy Program has prizes available for awards.
13. PFDs (US SAILING regulation 10D) - All
competitors in US SAILING championships at all levels shall
wear, while on the water, a U.S. Coast Guard (or Canadian)
approved PFD, except where the ORC regulations apply with
whistle attached.
Revised
4/4/08 WBR |
